After dinner, Mrs Quimby told the family that Grandma had sent in a lot of pumpkins for jack-o’-lanterns (空心南瓜灯) for the neighborhood children. There was one in the basement waiting to be carved, she added. Hearing that, Eva sprang to her feet and rushed down to bring it up.
“Let’s make it smile like last year,” exclaimed Eva.
“Hmm. Let’s see.” Mr Quimby studied the pumpkin, turning it to find the best side for the face. With a pencil, he drew a nose-shaped nose. Then the mouth turned up on both sides. “Smiling!” Eva clapped her hands.
Mr Quimby nodded with a smile, cut a circle around the top of the pumpkin and lifted it off for a lid. Without being asked, Eva found a big spoon for scooping (用勺挖) out the seeds. Picky-picky, the Quimbys’ old cat, came into the kitchen to see if something had been put in his dish. When he found that there wasn’t any, he smelled the pumpkin and walked out angrily.
Mr Quimby began to whistle as he carved with skill and care, first a mouthful of teeth, each one neat and square, then eyes and eyebrows. He was working on two ears shaped like question marks when Mrs Quimby announced it was bedtime for Eva. Unwillingly, Eva ran, took a shower and quickly returned. Mr Quimby had just carved a few C-shaped hairs around the hole in the top of the pumpkin. He reached inside and dug a candle holder in the bottom.
“There,” he said, putting down his knife. “A work of art.” Mrs Quimby found a short candle, put it in the pumpkin, lit it and set the lid in place. Eva turned off the light. The jack-o’-lantern was smiling and shining softly. “Wow!” Eva threw her arms around her father before going to bed with great satisfaction.
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In the middle of the night Eva awoke to a noise.
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On the table their jack-o’-lantern no longer had a whole face.
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